Health aid from the private US healthcare community to Ukraine is stalling. To re-engage and do more we should take a bottom-up and people-centric approach to aid and focus on long term needs.
Mayo Clinic has entered into a collaboration with TruLite Health — Mayo is helping the Phoenix-based startup develop its software platform designed to address providers’ clinical bias. The health system said it chose to collaborate with TruLite because of the platform’s potential to mitigate health inequities and enhance patient outcomes at the point of care.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Adapting to healthcare consumerism is vital for providers to stay competitive. Shifting from traditional roles to informed consumers requires embracing transparency, technology, and personalized care.
Foodsmart is rolling out its new program that enables doctors to refer their patients to Foodsmart's dieticians and healthy eating platform, as well as write prescriptions for healthy food just as easily as they might a normal pharmacy prescription. The initiative is being rolled out at Advocate Health, Intermountain Health and Memorial Hermann Health System.
To succeed in ACO Reach, groups need to accurately identify the social determinants of health (SDoH) barriers affecting their patient population and determine which barriers could be addressed effectively. Some technology can accurately note specific SDoH risk factors facing a given patient and offer targeted intervention recommendations based on that patient’s unique SDoH risk factors.
When it comes to AI, the consensus is that healthcare organizations have an opportunity right now to take an enterprise-wide approach that encompasses everything from workforce to infrastructure to governance and beyond. Here are these ten essential elements of an enterprise-wide AI strategy for healthcare organizations.
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
Health system VC arms appear to have a lot more to offer to startups than traditional VC funds. Startup founders say that the tech pilots they launch with their health system partners end up being more effective because they are more incentive-aligned. For health systems, investing in a startup allows them to have a hand in shaping the tools they will eventually deploy across their enterprises to solve issues like burnout, payment delays and excessive hospital readmissions.
Virtual reality reduces the cost of training while also improving learning efficiency and knowledge retention. It’s not just universities and medical students that are embracing VR technology for learning. I travel all over the world to work with healthcare teams implementing VR and have observed, that a growing number of hospitals are using it for continuing education.
Turquoise Health closed a $30 million Series B round, which brings its total funding to date to $55 million. The San Diego-based startup, which has more than 160 customers, sells a platform that makes it easier for hospitals and payers to comply with price transparency regulations.
Exceptional awareness levels help hospitals improve operational efficiency and can also help health systems increase capacity, improve access to care, achieve higher profitability and improve margins.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Hospitals weathered one of their most challenging years in 2022, with median operating margins staying in the red throughout most of the year. Those money problems proved to be a major factor shaping last year’s M&A transactions — financial pressures influenced 28% of hospital M&A deals last year, up from 15% in 2022, a new report showed.
General Catalyst just announced its plans to acquire Summa Health, an Ohio-based health system. Leaders from across the healthcare industry aren't sure how the deal will play out, given the novel nature of the deal and the involvement of one of the country’s most prominent VC firms.
U.S. healthcare is unnecessarily spending millions of dollars on scopes—dollars that could be better spent opening up new service lines, investing in medical equipment, or hiring nurses for improved patient care.
The hospital sector's financial performance in November showed signs of continued stabilization and growth, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest monthly report. Hospitals should "take advantage of the relative stability and re-embrace strategic growth if they hope to see continued success in 2024," stated Erik Swanson, one of the report's authors.
This year, ViVE will celebrate nurses throughout the event's programming, highlighting how their role has evolved, the challenges they face and how they are spurring innovation in different models of care. The event is powered by HLTH and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).